Sims v. Horne

(After stating the foregoing facts.) In the granting of letters of administration the ordinary shall follow the rules laid down in the Code, § 113-1202. Under this section where there is no spouse surviving an intestate, “the next of kin, at the time of the death, according to the law declaring relationship and distribution,” shall be entitled to administer the estate, and if there “be several of the next of kin equally near in degree, the person selected in writing by a majority of those interested as distributees of the estate, and who are capable of expressing a choice, shall be…